Combination shade and curtain holder



1v1. AND L. ROTH.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

COMBINATION SHADE AND CURTAIN HOLDER. APPLlcATloN FILED oc. 21. 1919.

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MATT RSTI- ANI) LUCY BGTH, OF MUSKQGEE, KLAHOMA.

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Specification of Letters Eatent.

atented Apr. (i, 1920.

Application filed Qctober 2i. 1h19. Serial No. 332,137.

To all fr0/wm t may concern;

lle it known that we, MATT Born: and

LUCY Horn, citizens of the United States, residing' at ll/luslogee, in the county of Muskogee and State of "Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Combination Shade and Curtain Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for supporting window shades and curtains which may be easily applied to the window frame and readily manipulated to permit the hanging or removal of the curtains. A further object of the invention is to provide a device for the stated purpose which will be very light and which may be readily adjusted to accommodate window shades of any width. rlhe several stated objects and such other objects as will incidentally appear in the course of the following description are a"- tained in the device which is illustrated in the accompanying crawings,` and the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the claims following` the detailed description.

ln the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a window shade and curtain holder embodying our improvements;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder, the window shade being indicated in position in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; the relative positions of the curtains and the window shade being indicated in dotted lines.

In carrying out our invention, we employ a back member or base plate l which will preferably be of sheet metal and is in the form of a narrow strip long enough to extend across the window frame at the upper end thereof and provided adjacent its ends with suitable openings through which fastening screws 2 be inserted into the window frame. Adjacent the ends of this strip l and on the upper and lower edges thereof we provide tongues or lugs El which may be doubled upon themselves so as to have their extremities disposed in advance of the back member and parallel with the face of the same. Slidably fitted through the hooks presented by these doubled over tongues or lugs 3 is a back arm et of a lJ-shaped frame which has its shoulder portion disposed at a right angle to its side bars or arms, so that when the said frame is in position upon the bach olate the shoulder or enf. thereof will project outwardly from t v -ndow frame and the front arm of said frame, as indicated at 5, will lie parallel with the back arn rEhe shoulder or end (i of the frame is provided with an opening T to receive the trunnion of the window shade' roller, and .it will be readily understood that one of these frames is provided at each end ot the device and that said frames are duplicates cncept that the opening 7 in one frame is circular, while in the other frame said opening is rectangular to conform to the trunnions at the respective ends of the shade roller. lt will of course be readily understood that the upper and lower edges oi the back arms lof these end frames are straight and smooth so that they will slide readily in the members but upon the upper and lower edges of the front arms 5 we form tongues or lugs 8 which are similar in construction to the tongues or lugs 3 and are adapted to receive the ends ot the front strip or curtain supporting bar 9. The said strip or bar 9 will preferably be constructed of sheet metal and the end frames will be constructed of similar material. They may be enameled or otherwise treated to have a neat appearance and will obviously be very light in weight.

ln assembling the holder and fitting a window shade or curtain thereto, the back plate is first secured in position, after which the end frames are slid into engagement with the tongues or lugs 3 a suitable distance from the outer ends thereof and the shade roller may have its trimnions engaged in the openings of said frames simultaneously with the fitting of the respective frames to the back plate. The curtains` indicated at 10, will be provided with hems at their upper edges and the bar or strip 9 will be inserted in said hems. After the curtains have thus been engaged upon the bar 9 the ends of the bar are slidably engaged in the hooks 8 at the end of the frames so that it will be supported, and after the bar has been properly adjusted the curtains may be draped so that the hems thereon will extend over the forward bars of the end frames and cover the tongues or lugs thereon. It will be readily seen 'from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that we have provided an exceedingly simple device by the use of which a window Shade and" curtains will be eifectually supported. The device may be produced at a very low cost, inasmuch as it consists of only four parts which may be very easily stamped out of sheet metal and therefore produced in Vlarge quantities rapidly and economically.

To adjust the device to the width of the window frame, it is necessary merely to slide the end frames longitudinally of the back plate and when so adjusted it will be firmly supported. rThe device is neat in appearance and occupies 'ivery little space upon the window frame, so that it readily lends itself to any decorative scheme which the owner may desire to follow. Moreover, it may be readily applied to any window iirame without unduly mutilating or detacing the same.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a black plate, opposed U-shaped trames having their rear arms adjustably secured upon the back plate and their end portions adapted to engageV and support a window shade rolle-r, and a Vcurtain holding strip fitted upon the front arms of said U- shaped frames.

2. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a back plate provided with hooks on its upper and lower edges adjacent its ends7 U-shaped frames having their rear arms slidably enga-ged in said hooks and their end portions constructed torsupport the window shade roller, the iront arms of said frame being provided with hooks at their upper and lower edges, and a curtain holding strip having its end portions engaged in the said hooks on the U-shaped frames.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures. v

NLATT ROTH-- [ns] LUCY ROTH. [L s] 

